This is an analysis of the poem Skades Givtermaal that begins with:

Mens Ydun var i Fængsel, stod Valhal som en Grav,
En frugtbar Øe var opslugt af bælmørken Hav,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaa XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX cXaa dXXX Xeff XXXX XcbX ecXX XXXX gXhh fXXX bXXX dXXb iXbb XXcX aXjj dXii XXdg aXXb XXXc XcXX Xjcc XbXc XXbX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110111110111 1101110111 110010111111 1111011111 1110001101 1001110000 1110011001 11110011100 01011111101 011111011101 1111101101 111101101 1011001011 1101100101 110001111 01110110110100 1011110110 1101111010 10110011101 111101011000 110111011011 10111011101 110110110100 110111011 11111111100 11110101101 111101110101 1101110101 1111101101 111111011111 1111010111 110101110101 111101101 11111111001 110110110101 0111001111 10101110101 11111111111 111110111111 11111011111 111111011111 11011011001 1011110111 1101010111 100101110110 10011111011 111110110111 11011110111 1111101101 11111100110 110110111111 1111111010 1101111001 11110110111 0101101111 0111101101 11111111000 1101111100 111111111011 111110111 110110100 11011111001 1110011011 1001000110001 111101111101 11011111111 11111101101 110111011011 111011111011 110101010111 11100111101 1111101101 01011101101 1101110101111 0101010110101 11101010101 1101110111 010110100101 1111101111 11010101101 1101110110011 11011111010 011110110101 11101110111 10101001111 11111101001 1100110111101 110111011011 111010111 10111110111 1011110111 11111110010 1101001111 111110110111 011100001111 11001111001 1111111001 1010110110101 10111011111 111110011101 11111111011 110111101111 111101111 1100010110111 111111011001 110111011001 1111010010111 1111101001 11101011101 11010001101 11011110111 111011111 1101110110110 111110111111 111110111001 1111011001 1111110110001 11101010111 110101010111 1110010110 11111011001 11011111111 111111111 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, i, d, ei, med, de, nu, hun, var, som, da, den, saa, vi, jeg, du, og, ved, sig, maa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, hun, med, det, han are repeated.

    The author used the same words da, hun at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, dt are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Skades Givtermaal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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